Tampa Bay at Detroit

The Tigers will look to make it three of four against Tampa Bay today. Jeremy Bonderman has not pitched well of late, but he has been strong at home all season. Bonderman is 5-2 with a 3.71 ERA at Comerica. The D-Rays have had no success against Bonderman. He possesses a 4-1 record with a 1.71 ERA against the D-Rays. The current D-Ray lineup hits just .195 against him. Scott Kazmir has pitched very lately, but he will be facing a team on the road that has beaten him up. Kazmir is just 1-3 against the Tigers, sporting an uncharacteristic 5.47 ERA. The D-Rays have been the worst road team in baseball the last five seasons and have now gone just 3-19 in their last 22 road contests. The Rays have given up 175 runs in those 22 games, or 8 a game! The Tigers are at their best against LHP where they have posted a 22-10 record and big money for their backers. We will ride them in this one.